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FINA OIL & CHEMICAL COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 36796

$178K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$100K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1996-0510
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 3008 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6901 ET SEQ. 2. FINA OIL & CHEMICAL COMPANY 1818 HIGHWAY 134 AT MILLER CUTOFF ROAD LA PORTE, TEXAS 77571 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY 1) OPERATION OF A BOILER BURNING HAZARDOUS WASTE WITH AN IN- COMPLETE OR AN INACCURATE CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE, 2) EXCEEDANCES OF LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN THE CERTIFICATION OF PRECOMPLIANCE AND COMPLIANCE TEST NOTIFICATION DURING COMPLIANCE TESTING, 3) FAILURE TO CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR AND RECORD EMISSIONS OF CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) AND OXYGEN, 4) OPERATION OF A HAZARDOUS WASTE BOILER WITHOUT AN ADE-` QUATE AUTOMATIC WASTE FEED CUTOFF SYSTEM (AWFCS), 5) FAILURE TO CONDUCT TESTS OF THE AUTOMATIC WASTE FEED CUT- OFF SYSTEM FOR A BOILER BURNING HAZARDOUS WASTE, 6) FAIL- URE TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE OPERATING RECORD FOR A BOILER BURNING HAZARDOUS WASTE, 7) FAILURE TO DE- VELOP AND/OR UPDATE FACILITY WASTE ANALYSIS PLAN, IN- SPECTION PLAN AND SCHEDULE, PERSONNEL TRAINING PLAN, AND CONTINGENCY PLAN, AND 8) OPERATION OF AN INCINERATOR BURNING HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STAT- US. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $463,

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